Fresh Energy is driving down emissions from electricity by expanding wind, solar, and storage; building the grid of the future; and advocating for affordable, reliable, and modern rate designs that ensure no one is left behind.
Expanding wind, solar, and storage
Building the grid of the future
Advocating for rate design centering equity and electrification
- Touring Sherco Solar, the largest solar farm in the Upper Midwest
J. Drake Hamilton recently toured Xcel Energy’s Sherco Solar, the largest solar farm in Minnesota. Learn how agrivoltaics, pollinators, sheep, and consumers are benefitting from this new facility. - Vision 2030: Decarbonizing electricity
It’s through the policy work of our Electricity team that Fresh Energy strives to ensure we build a carbon-free electricity grid through effective, innovative, and data-driven policy solutions. - What’s up with virtual power plants?
Virtual power plants use software to control thousands of homes and businesses’ electricity use and generation to be stable, reliable, and clean. Learn how this climate solution is decarbonizing our electricity generation and building sectors! - Minnesota’s electricity is now 50% carbon-free — here’s what that means
As Minnesota rapidly transitions to clean electricity, our fuel mix and emissions have declined. Learn about Minnesota, the Midwest’s, and MN electric utilities’ electricity!
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Incorporating Health and Equity Metrics into the Minnesota Power 2021 Integrated Resource Plan
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Monitoring Pollinators on Minnesota Solar Installations
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Minnesota Energy At A Glance
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Negative prices in the MISO market – September 2018
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Solar with Justice Chapter 5
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Petition of Northern States Power Company for Approval of General Time-of-Use Service Tariff
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Bringing Community Solar to a Broader Community
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Community Solar Pledge